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County Statistics File 2 (CO-STAT 2): [United States] (ICPSR 8662)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This compilation of data, which was gathered from a variety
of federal agencies and private organizations, provides information for
the United States as a whole, the 50 states and the District of
Columbia, and all 3,139 counties and county equivalents (defined as of
January 1, 1983). Data are included for the following general areas:
age, ancestry, agriculture, banking, business, construction, crime,
education, elections, government, health, households, housing, labor,
land area, manufactures, m... (more info)

This compilation of data, which was gathered from a variety
of federal agencies and private organizations, provides information for
the United States as a whole, the 50 states and the District of
Columbia, and all 3,139 counties and county equivalents (defined as of
January 1, 1983). Data are included for the following general areas:
age, ancestry, agriculture, banking, business, construction, crime,
education, elections, government, health, households, housing, labor,
land area, manufactures, money income, personal income, population,
poverty, retail trade, service industries, social insurance and human
services, veterans, vital statistics, wholesale trade, and journey to
work.

Access Notes

These data are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions. Because you are not
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will be able to download these data.

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. County Statistics File 2 (CO-STAT 2): [United States]. ICPSR08662-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research[distributor], 1987. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08662.v1

Universe:
The universe varies from item to item within the file,
e.g., all persons, all housing units, all local governments, etc.

Data Types:
aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

The data file contains 3,191 records: one for the
United States, each state and the District of Columbia, and 3,139
counties or county equivalents. Each logical record has been divided
into seven 1,899-character segments.

In the footnote file, footnotes
associated with specific data cells qualify the data in one way or
another. Some examples include a reference period different from the
norm or the combination of data for two or more areas. The data user is
urged to review the applicable footnotes for the items to be used.

The data dictionary is not designed for use with any software
package.

The time periods covered for each data item vary. For data
series that are available on an annual basis, several years of data
will generally be presented. For decennial census and economic census
data items, comparable information from a prior census is available in
many cases.

Methodology

Data Source:

federal agencies including the Bureau of the Census, the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the
Social Security Administration, and private organizations such as the
American Dental Association, the American Hospital Association, and the
American Medical Association